No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: The b-52’s.

Yet talk of difference concealed important ties. Participant and critic Steven Hager would go on to argue that the Club 57 crowd was “more interested in the sort of sensibility embodied by the b-52’s” than its Mudd Club counterpart, preferring grooviness, camp, and color to dissonance, seriousness, and black, yet the b-52s performed at the Mudd Club several times, Fred Schneider worked at the White Street spot, and his cohosting of the “Hawaiian Beach Party” set the tone for future forays into kitsch and irony. Twisting in the other direction, Mudd Club diehards Amos Poe and James Nares screened films at Club 57, the Contortions performed at the St. Mark’s spot long before they debuted on White Street… “Most of the things were extreme and very sexual, gender-bending or campy — a cross between drag shows and social critique,” recalls Diego Cortez, another participant whose social allegiance was never singular. “It was high-level camp and interesting from a theatrical point of view. I went there all the time.” Nor did clichés about drug consumption straightforwardly apply, for while mushrooms were popular on St. Mark’s Place, heroin hardly went down at all on White Street, in part because coke was the drug of choice, in part because of the sheer impracticality of shooting up in a bar. “Early on there was a bit of a rivalry,” observes [Club 57 founder Ann] Magnuson. “But I hesitate to even call it that now, even though I’ve been quoted saying as much.”

— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983.

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THE FIRST SET

KC and the Sunshine Band — “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — KC and the Sunshine Band

Gboyega Adelaja — “Funky City” — Colourful Environment

The Elite UFO — “Tarantula” — Surf-Age Nuggets

Charanjit Singh — “Chhailla Babu (From “Chhailla Babu”, 1978)” — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience

B-52s — “52 Girls” — DB 45rpm

Prince Far I — “Message From the King” — Message From the King

Wayne Walker — “All I Can Do Is Cry” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 7

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Wganda Kenya — “Combate A Kung-Fu” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1

THE SECOND SET

The Teacher Haters — “Cut Loose” — Wholesale EP

Noppadol Duangporn — “Yaak (Want)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3

Sam Gopal — “Cold Embrace” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou — “Ahouli Vou Yelli” — Albarika Store Archive Vol. 1

The Royal Jokers — “Beatnik” — Beat, Beat, Beatsville! Beatnik Rock ‘n’ Roll

Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền — “Hờn Anh Giận Em (Jealousy)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Safe As Milk” — It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper

The Lebron Brothers — “Boogaloo Lebron” — Playtime: Pure 70’s Latin Soul & Boogaloo

The Rivingtons — “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow” — Papa Oom Mow Mow: Rockin’ R&B and Boss Ballads

THE THIRD SET

Don Bruce and The Angels — “Kinuye” — Nigeria 70 Vol. 4: No Wahala – Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987

Ohio Players — “Runnin’ From the Devil” — Fire

Fatoş Balkır, Ve İstanbul Gelişim Orkestrası — “Hey!… Taksi” — Bosporus Bridges 3: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Funk And Jazz

The Crestones — “She’s A Bad Motorcycle” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 2

Al Massrieen — “Bahebek La” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music

The Emperors — “Karate [Mono 45 Rpm Version]” — Penniman 45rpm

THE FINAL SET

The Rubies — “Take It Easy Casanova” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3

Pamelo Mounk’a — “Ngaï Mwana Ya Mana” — Pamelo Mounk’a 

The Velvet Underground — “Rock & Roll (Full-Length Version)” — Loaded

Abdou El Omari — “Raksatoun Fillail” — Nuits D’été Avec Naima Samih (Yellow Album)

Panic Buttons — “Come Out Smokin’” — The Philly Sound Get Down: Funky Philly Instrumentals

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Michael Boddicker — “End Credits (Long Version)” — The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension OST

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Pictured: Mando and the Chili Peppers.

The form of the music boxes was a story in itself. Through its form, the jukebox was supposed to stand out “from its not always very colorful surroundings.” The most important man in the company was therefore the designer; while the basic structure for a Wurlitzer was a rounded arch, Seeburg as a rule used rectangular cases with domes on top. The principle seemed to be that each new model could deviate from the previous one only so much, so that it was still recognizable. This principle was so firmly established that a particularly innovative jukebox, shaped like an obelisk, topped not by a head or a flame but by a dish containing the speaker, which propelled the music up toward the ceiling, proved a complete failure. Accordingly, variation was confined almost exclusively to the lighting effects or to components of the frame: a peacock in the middle of the box, in constantly changing colors; plastic surfaces, previously simply colored, now marbled; decorative moldings, once fake bronze, now chromed; arched frames, now in the form of transparent neon tubes, filled with large and small bubbles in constant motion, “signed Paul Fuller”—at this point the reader and observer of this history of design finally learned the name of its main hero and realized that he had always unconsciously wanted to know it, ever since he had first been overcome with amazement at encountering one of these mighty objects glowing in all the colors of the rainbow in some dim back room.

— Peter Handke, The Jukebox & Other Essays On Storytelling.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 344 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Rose Royce — “Is It Love You’re After” — Greatest Hits

Segun Bucknor — “Dye Dye” — Who Say I Tire

Jerry Cole & His Spacemen — “Midnight Surfer” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!

Polibio y Su Vibrafono — “Altas Horas” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81

The 101ers — “Silent Telephone” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975

Liu Guan Lin — “Love Dance Theme Song” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Warner Bros Combo — “Study Hall” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny!

Tennors — “Ride Your Donkey” — Let’s Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68

Mando And The Chili Peppers — “Congo Mombo” — Golden Crest Instrumentals Featuring the Wailers

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Ramrods — “Soul Express Pt. 1” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Ginger Johnson And His African Messengers — “Witchdoctor” — African Party

American Breed — “It’s Getting Harder” — Best of Dunwich Records Vol. 2

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Jungle Dub” — African Dub All Mighty Chapter 3

Television — “See No Evil” — Marquee Moon

Sonido Verde De Moyobamba — “La Cervecita” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

Dicky Doo & the Don’ts — “Doo Plus 2” — Crypt of Instros #2

Halim “Janda-Ku” Yatim & the Sangam Boys — “Jauh Pandangan” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1

Crabby Appleton — “Go Back” — Crabby Appleton

Van Shipley — “Jan Pahechan Ho” — Bollywood Steel Guitar

THE THIRD SET

James Brown — “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang

Pope Flyne Ackah — “I Think You Are Right (Jepense Que Tu A Raison)” — Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Music In The Digital Age, 1983 – 1996 Vol. 2

Public Image Ltd — “Public Image” — Public Image Ltd

Dr. Alimantado — “Ital Galore” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Roy Brown — “Butcher Pete (Part 1)” — Pay Day Jump: The King & Deluxe Acetate Series

Ojoobe Ha — “Beware” — Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60s Scene

Young John Watson — “Space Guitar” — R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 4: Bossa Nova and Grits

THE FINAL SET

U-Roy — “Penny For Your Dub” — Riding The Roots Chariot

Alan Vega and Martin Rev — “Be Bop Kid” — Suicide (Second Album)

Joseph Kabasele — “Tika Ndeko Na Yo Te” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele and The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Ron Rogers — “Yaya” — Mutant Disco Volume 3: Garage Sale

Los Kintos / Tin Marin — “Kintos Jala Jala” — Mag All Stars Vol. 3: The Best of The Peruvian Orquestras Of The 50’s & 60’s

Big Brown — “My Testament” — I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection

The Fore Thoughts — “Jungee” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976

The Only Ones — “Peter And The Pets” — Vengeance 45rpm

Phương Tâm — “16 60 Năm (60 Years)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)

The Yardbirds — “Hot House Of Omagarishid” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down) [mono]

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra feat. Dottie Reid — “Easy to Love” — Jazz and Hot Dance in Thailand

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Pictured: The late Tom Verlaine.

The other night I was walking home from a restaurant when I saw Tom Verlaine going through the dollar bins outside a used-book store. I’d been surprised to see him there a few times in recent weeks. Usually I only spot him somewhere once every two or three years. In public he always holds himself nervously apart from everyone, meeting no eyes, as if he assumes everyone wants to accost him. His head and neck perch like a raggedy spooked hawk on the high bulky prospect of his middle-aged body, above the crowds, his eyes self-consciously focused on something in the distance. When I see him on the street I don’t try to get his attention, but this time I was too curious to let the moment pass. What was he doing? The books in the dollar bins are as useless as they come—outdated textbooks, forgotten mass-market trash, operating manuals. I walked up to him and asked, “Finding out anything about flying saucers?” The last time I’d spoken to him in person, as opposed to a few e-mails, had been seven or eight years before. “Yes, this is the Greek edition.” He grinned at me, holding out a Greek-language three-volume set of some sort, proffering it theatrically, as if it were a great, but fragile, and possibly dangerous, prize and he was an animated cartoon, like Gumby, the way he does. He smiled something else, wide-eyed, going along with the flying saucer stuff. I replied, “I hear Plato came from Pluto.” He continued to smile widely. His teeth looked brown and broken in the night light, even worse than mine (he still smokes), and his face was porous and expanded and his hair coarse gray. I turned away and walked on, shocked. We were like two monsters confiding, but that wasn’t what shocked me. It was that my feeling was love. I felt grateful for him and believed in him, and inside myself I affirmed the way he is impossible and the way it’s impossible to like him. It had never been any different. I felt as close to him as I ever did. What else do I have to believe in but people like him? I’m like him for God’s sake. I am him.

— Richard Hell, I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 340 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

The Salsoul Orchestra — “Chicago Bus Stop” — The Anthology

Voices Of Darkness — “Mota Ginya” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79

The Jaguars — “Jaguar” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 6

Prince Alla — “Naw Go A Them Burial” — Top Ranking DJ Session Volumes 1 & 2

Screamin’ Joe Neal — “She’s My Baby” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘N’ Roll – Savage Kick Vol. 01

Lee Pei Jing — “Silver $100,000” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Lora Logic — “Wonderful Offer” — Pedigree Charm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Soul Continentals — “Goobah (African Twist)” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

Wganda Kenya — “Bayesa” — Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience

Les Fleur De Lys — “Wait For Me” — The Immediate Singles Collection

Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Atakpa DC 9” — Rhythm Revolution

Tom Verlaine — “Mr. Bingo” — Tom Verlaine

Salamat — “Shamandoura” — Mambo El Soudani

Mourning Reign — “Our Fate” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 6: Speak of the Devil…

Ray & His Court — “El Bimbo” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology

The Move — “Do Ya” — Message from the Country

THE THIRD SET

Ali Hassan Kuban — “Habibi” — Walk Like A Nubian

The Stallions — “Why” — Hey Baby It’s The Stallions

Mohjah — “Zion Gates (Dub)” — Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Call on Me” — Safe As Milk [mono]

Ersen — “Kara Yazi” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music

The A-Bones — “Oh Yeah” — Ears Wide Shut

Los Camaroes — “Boo A Nun Muna” — A Journey Into Cameroonian Music

The Elite — “One Potato” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1

THE FINAL SET

Pazy & The Black Hippies — “Elizabeth” — Wa Ho Ha

Iggy & the Stooges — “Death Trip” — Raw Power [Iggy Pop Mix]

The Techniques — “Gambling Dub” — Techniques In Dub

Experience Unlimited — “Functus” — Free Yourself

Crown Heights Affair — “Every Beat Of My Heart” — On The Real Side: The Modern End Of Northern Soul

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Ennio Morricone — “L’Assoluto Naturale” — L’Assoluto Naturale OST

Pictured: Lakeside.

Sylvia Robinson staged the first of the breakthrough events on 11 March at the Ritz. The Funky 4 + 1 More set the Sugar Hill review rolling, the guys wearing white turtleneck suits and Sha-Rock dressed in fuchsia pants, a matching vest, and a ribbed sweater. Sequence, Spoonie Gee, and guest artist Coati Mundi followed in a parade of autobiographical boosterism. Then came [Grandmaster] Flash, who took to the stage dressed in a black cape, followed by the Furious Five, who wore swanky black and white outfits and executed Temptations- style moves that were so sharp the Sugarhill Gang’s finale turned out to be anticlimactic. Working the crowd between the acts and after the show, DJ Justin Strauss interspersed rap records with songs such as “I Hear Music in the Streets.” Fearful that “the trendists who sit in the trees of the music industry like vultures will soon be ready to swoop down on rap and pick it to the bone as they did with disco in 1978 and 1979,” Dance Music Report noted that the moment when Flash dedicated the evening to disco and the DJ’s was“exhilarating.” Even skeptics were seduced. “I still change the station when I hear a rap record on the radio,” Vince Aletti wrote in the Village Voice, having gone back to writing for music after he parted ways with Warner Bros., “but I haven’t had this much fun at a concert since I saw the old Motown Revue at the Brooklyn Fox.”

— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 339 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Ohio Players — “Love Rollercoaster” — Honey

Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies — “You’ve Gotta Help Yourself” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor

Arvee Allens — “Fast Freight” — Surf’s Comin’

M. Ashraf & Noor Jehan — “Disco Dildaar Mera” — Disco Dildar

Chris Farlowe — “Everyone Makes A Mistake” — The Immediate Singles Collection

Los Kintos — “El Fiel Enamorado” — Los Kintos

The Liberty Bell — “I Can See” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 5: Readin’ Your Will!

Errol Brown and The Revolutionaries — “Ballistic Version aka Sly Special” — Tip Top Dub

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen — “Everybody’s Doin’ It” — Too Much Fun: The Best Of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

THE SECOND SET

Sonthaya Kalasin — “Best Friend and Best Friend (Instrumental)” — Classic Productions By Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems From The 1960s-80s

The Tonettes — “I Gotta Know” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Black Savage — “Grassland” — Black Savage

The Detroit Emeralds — “Things Are Looking Up” — The Westbound Sound of Detroit: Sensational Motor City Groups 1969-1975

Fruko y Sus Tesos — “Bang Bang” — World’s Funkiest Covers

The Undertones — “Hypnotised” — The Very Best of The Undertones 1979-1983

The Upsetter Revue featuring Junior Murvin — “Rasta Get Ready (People Get Ready)” — Police & Thieves (Deluxe Edition)

The Moroccos — “Morocco Chant” — Rumba Doowop ’55

Los Ecos — “La Gran Pelea” — Psicofasicos de Bolivia

THE THIRD SET

Al Wilson — “The Snake” — Ultimate Northern Soul: 22 Classic & Rare Floorshakers!

Karl Hector & The Malcouns — “Koloko Pt. 1” — Sahara Swing

James Brown — “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” — Star Time: The Godfather of Soul

Takeshi Terauchi — “Ginza No Onna” — Nippon Guitars

Wesley Reynolds — “Say There” — Loc-A-Li & Eeny Meeny: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 11 & 12

Roland Louis Orchestra — “Play Up Play Up” — Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol. 2

Shoes — “She’ll Disappear” — Black Vinyl Shoes

The Uniques — “One Life” — Watch This Sound

THE FINAL SET

The Isley Brothers — “Wild As A Tiger” — R&B Humdingers 4

Ringo Star — “Ne Refuse Pas” — Ne Refuse Pas

Roxy Music — “She Sells” — Siren

Omar Khorshid — “Warakat Ya Nassib (Lottery Ticket)” — Guitar El Chark

Lakeside — “Fantastic Voyage” — Frankie Crocker: Do It Frankie, Do It To It!

The Prophets — “Ten To One (Version)” — King Tubby’s Prophecies Of Dub

The Bush — “To Die Alone” — Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Burt Bacharach & Session Musicians — “Are You There with Another Girl?” — Bob Brainen’s Tracks

Pictured: The Small Faces.

Although few executives and managers were as brutal as Sharon Osbourne’s father, most had no more time for artists’ complaints than he did. Steve Marriott was notorious for speaking his mind, an attitude that sprang from a pronounced class-consciousness and a belief that talent would be enough to see him through. In 1966, it got the Small Faces excluded from Top of the Pops. Believing that the show’s producer was retiring, Marriott strode up to him after miming their latest single, ‘My Mind’s Eye’, and announced, ‘I’m glad you’re leaving. I always thought you were a major cunt.’ The BBC producer calmly informed him that it was another member of the crew who was leaving, then showed Marriott the studio door and told him not to return. The singer discovered the hard way that a refusal to play the game was just as costly in the music industry after the artists’ revolt of the 1960s as it had been in the days of Tin Pan Alley. In short, it had become acceptable to drop your Hs, but if you didn’t mind your Ps and Qs you could still get into a lot of trouble.

— Richard Weight, Mod: A Very British Style.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 338 of No Condition Is Permanent:

THE FIRST SET

Eddie Kendricks — “Boogie Down” — The Ultimate Collection: Eddie Kendricks

Mono Mono — “Kenimania” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria

Jan Davis — “Boss Machine” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!

Fadoul — “Tayeh” — Al Zman Saib

Small Faces — “Happy Boys Happy” — The Darlings Of Wapping Wharf Laundrette

The Upsetters — “Man from M.i.5” — Return of Django

The Johnson Brothers — “Casting My Spell” — Spirit of The Cramps: Selections From The Vinyl Stack Of Lux And Ivy

Zou Juan Juan — “Zou Juan Juan Sings The Disco” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Bostweeds — “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” — Born Bad Vol.1

THE SECOND SET

Buppa Saichol — “Waker” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

The Sound Track — “I See The Light” — Keb Darge And Cut Chemist present The Dark Side: 28 Sixties Garage Punk and Psyche Monsters

Los Ilusionistas — “Colegiala” — The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru

Fanga — “Crache La Douleur [feat. Tony Allen]” — Natural Juice

Ramones — “Cretin Hop“ — Rocket to Russia

Johnny Zamot — “Soul Makossa” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York

The Pirates — “You Don’t Own Me” — Out of Their Skulls

Sexteto Electronico Moderno — “Comin’ Home Baby” — Sounds from The Elegant World: Groovy Night Club Music From Uruguay (1968-71)

THE THIRD SET

Essential Logic — “Wake Up” — Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)

Sapan Jagmohan — “Sote Sote Adhi Rat” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry

Wire — “Our Swimmer [2nd Length] (Single)” — 154

Patrick Andy & Yabby You — “Sufferation Dub” — Living In Mount Zion

The Treniers — “Poon-Tang!” — They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!

Tito Puente and His Orchestra — “Sacala” — Ti Mon Bo

The Clash — “City of the Dead” — CBS 45rpm

Andre Brasseur — “Special 230” — Nymphomania 3: More Sexy European Go-Go Music From The 60’s

THE FINAL SET

Kid Creole & the Coconuts — “I Am” — Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

Roberto De La Barrera y Su Piano — “Sabrosón” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

The Velvet Underground — “Beginning to See the Light” — The Velvet Underground [mono]

Joseph Kabasele — “Africa Boogaloo” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele And The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music

Triumphs — “Surfside Date” — I Hate CDs: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 1

Dengue Fever — “We Were Gonna” — Escape from Dragon House

The Night Owls — “Stompin’” — Frolic Diner Vol. 5

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Freedom Call” — African Dub All-Mighty – Chapter 3

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Delfonics — “Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love)” — Ready or Not: Thom Bell Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965–1978

Pictured: Sadistic Mika Band.

LET ART CONTINUE TO BE ENTERTAINING, escapist, stunning, naturalistic and glamorous – but let it also be loaded with information worked into the vapid plots of movies, for instance. Each one would be a more or less complete exposition of one subject or another. Thus you would have Tony Curtis or Janet Leigh busily making yogurt; Humphrey Bogart struggling to introduce a basic civil rights law course into public schools; infants being given to the old in homes for the aged by Ginger Rogers; donut shaped dwellings with sunlight pouring into central patios for all, designed by Gary Cooper; soft clear plastic bubblecars with hooks that attach to monorails built by Charlton Heston that pass over the free paradise of abandoned objects in the center of the city near where the community movie sets would also be; and where Maria Montez and Johnny Weismuller would labor to dissolve all national boundaries and release the prisoners of Uranus. But the stairway to socialism is blocked up by the Yvonne De Carlo tabernacle choir waving bloody palm branches and waiting to sing the “Hymn to the Sun” by Irving Berlin. This is the rented moment of exotic landlordism of Crab Lagoon!

— Jack Smith, Historical Treasures.

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THE FIRST SET

The Armada Orchestra — “I Love Music” — Philly Armada

Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “It’s A Vanity” — African Scream Contest

The Gestics — “invasion” — Sleazy Surf! Vol 1

Max Romeo — “Wet Dream” — Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set

The Alan Bown! — “Penny for Your Thoughts” — Outward Bown…Plus

Los Satelites — “Pa’ La Playa” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 3

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Hasil Adkins — “Peanut Butter Rock and Roll” — Peanut Butter Rock and Roll

THE SECOND SET

Liu Guan Lin — “Fire” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Nat Fross — “Too Many Skeletons in the Closet” — Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label

Les Loups Noirs — “Pele Rien” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981

The Bell Notes — “I’ve Had It” — Rockin’ on Broadway: The Time, Brent, Shad Story

Ray Barretto — “New York Soul” — Let’s Boogaloo! Vol. 2

Billy Nicholls — “Girl From New York” — MOJO Presents… Small Faces & Friends

Lord Creator & The Upsetters — “Big Pussy Sally (Extended)” — Return of The Super Ape

T.D. & Jimmy James 3 — “Jalapeno Pep” — Feeling Nice Vol 1: A Collection Of Super Rare & Superheavy Funk 45s From The Late 60s & Early 70s

THE THIRD SET

Grupo Rosado — “El Super Corcho” — Chicha for The Jet Set

Television — “Friction” — Marquee Moon

Persona — “Fogo” — Som

The Detroit Cobras — “Bad Girl” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit

Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Carry Me Blak” — Rhythm Revolution

Procol Harum — “Poor Mohammed” — Broken Barricades

Carol Kim — “Nỗi Buồn Con Gái (The Sadness Of Being A Girl)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

THE FINAL SET

Essential Logic — “Aerosol Burns” — Post-Punk Essentials

Sadistic Mika Band — “Time Machine ni Onegai (Time Machine)” — Kurofune (Black Ship)

Masters Of Reality — “Gimme Water” — Sunrise On The Sufferbus

Fela Kuti — “Fight To Finish” — Fela’s London Scene

Wally and the Knights — “Hang on Little Mama” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 4

Marie et Les Garçons — “ReBop” — Spy 45rpm

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Son Of Mirror Man – Mere Man” — Strictly Personal

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Mina — “Se Telefonado” — The Best Italian Hits Vol. 3

Pictured: Erol Büyükburç.

Ultimately, minstrelsy was an institution with an ideology, and that ideology was not a benign one. But it was also a human institution; an American institution; worst of all, a showbiz institution. As an American human with showbiz experience, I feel entitled to a little skepticism about just what the average minstrel’s degree of interest was in the ideological aspects of his trade. For many, I’m sure it was just a good wheeze, a throwaway joke told by people who didn’t know, think, or care nearly so much about whom they told it on as about the laughs they were getting. It was entertainment. It was rock ‘n’ roll. And, if minstrelsy was anything like any of the crazes that followed it—like ragtime, like jazz, like swing, like rock and soul and hip-hop—some of those blacked-up ofays must have felt a sincere and unfeigned admiration for the black musicians they were imitating. Some of them must have internalized the music, understood it, played it with sympathy, skill, and creativity. Minstrelsy must have had its Joe Lambs and Jack Teagardens, its Elvises and its Eminems.

— David Wondrich, Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot 1843-1924.

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THE FIRST SET

Miracles — “Love Machine (Part 1)” — Sweet Soul Music: 24 Scorching Classics From 1975

Diane Solo — “N’Ziketio” — Return to The Mothers’ Garden: More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982

Dantes — “80-96” — Lux and Ivy’s Favorites Vol 9

Ghabilehe Leili — “Mehr Pooya” — Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum

The Dickies — “Manny, Moe & Jack” — Dawn of the Dickies

Shi Ni — “Shi Ni (Sings Disco)” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Willie Bollinger — “Shake Shake Shake” — Memphis 60: Soul, R&b And Proto Funk From Soul City USA

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The San Francisco TKOs — “Herm” — Funky Crimes

THE SECOND SET

The Oriental Brothers International — “Tax Drive” — Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 – 1977

The Pathfinders — “Why” — Planet Beat (From The Shel Talmy Vaults)

Ranking Trevor — “Rub A Dub Style” — In Fine Style

The President — “Love Forever” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2

The Waikikis — “Pacific punch” — Trashcan 1: Exotica Special

Los Zheros — “Alibaba” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

Paul Revere & The Raiders — “Steppin’ Out” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

Liev Tuk — “Rom Sue Sue (Dance Soul Soul)” — Cambodian Nuggets

The Modern Lovers — “Someone I Care About” — The Modern Lovers

THE THIRD SET

Orquesta Akokán — “Mambo Rapidito” — Orquesta Akokán

Curtis Knight — “The Devil Made Me Do It” — Chains & Black Exhaust

Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Top Secret” — Gazolinn’

The Jades — “I’m All Right” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 2

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Club Jazz” — Sangue di Sbirro OST

The Action — “Look at the View” — Rolled Gold

THE FINAL SET

Seguida — “Om Marreo” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York

The Only Ones — “Lovers Of Today” — Vengeance 45rpm

Erol Büyükburç — “Hop Dedik” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music

Cupit — “Squeeze Your Knees” — MFSB: Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind The Philly Legend

George Faith & The Upsetters — “I’ve Got The Dub (Exclusive Dub Plate Mix)” — The Return Of Sound System Scratch (More Lee Perry Dub Plate Mixes & Rarities 1973-1979)

Velvet Underground — “Temptation Inside Your Heart” — VU

Sam Mangwana — “Bi kumba-kumba” — Eddy’Son Présente

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Kensington Market — “Half Closed Eyes” — Aardvark

Pictured: The New York Dolls.

Melody Maker’s Roy Hollingworth pinpointed the Dolls’ delinquency as a form of truancy from meaning: ‘No messages. No instructions through song! Nothing to think about. Nothing to admire.’ The Dolls were Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value, to borrow the title of a 1967 low-budget movie. Their flip attitude to anything to do with causes or consciousness can be seen in a concert clip of the band in LA.. Johansen mentions the tour’s next stop is San Francisco, where, he notes mockingly, ‘people are into social reform’. When the Dolls arrive in ’Frisco and play their gig at The Matrix, he introduces ‘Private World’ and describes it as influenced by Cuban rumba. Recalling reading about Castro’s takeover of Cuba in newspapers as a child, Johansen jests about how ‘before those horrible Communists took over, they used to gamble and swing. Now all they do is build hospitals and work on the farm – and how boring is that.’

— Simon Reynolds, Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and its Legacy.

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THE FIRST SET

The Controllers — “Sho Nuff A Blessin” — In Control

Sony Enang — “Don’t Stop That Music” — Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria

The Gestics — “Rockin’ Fury” — Diggin’ Out

Barış Manço — “Yolverin Agalar Beyler” — 2023

Model Citizens — “Animal Instincts” — Model Citizens EP

Cui Ai Lian — “Youth Idol” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

The Detroit Cobras — “Slummer (The Slum)” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit

IT’S MADISON TIME…

New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls

THE SECOND SET

Khun Narin Electric Phin Band — “Chakkim Kap Tokto” — II

Roy Loney & The A-Bones — “Stop It Baby” — Boy Meets Bone EP

Tafo Brothers & Noor Jehan — “Happy New Year” — Disco Dildar

The Rising Suns — “I’m Blue” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Zion Gate” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3

Funkadelic — “Whole Lot Of BS” — Maggot Brain

Fresa Juvenil De Tarapoto — “Cumbion Universal” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986

Roland James — “Guitarville” — High School Rumble Vol 2: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Johnny Sedes and His Orchestra — “El Manicero” — Mama Calunga

THE THIRD SET

The Tabbys — “Hong Kong Baby” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 1

Alessandro Alessandroni — “Snake Disco (From “Emanuelle a Tahiti”)” — Alessandroni Proibito: Music from Red Light Films 1977-1980

Sho Nuff — “Mix Match Man” — From The Gut To The Butt

The Boris Gardiner Happening — “Expression Dub” — Ultra Super Dub Vol. 1

Vickie & The Van Dykes — “I Wanna Be a Winner” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Sonora Tropical — “Lluvia” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

MC5 — “Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)” — Kick Out The Jams

Koes Plus — “Poor Clown” — 1967

THE FINAL SET

Salamat Meet Les Musiciens Du Nil — “El Zol Al Asal” — Salam Delta

Lenny Dee — “Plantation Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn

Wganda Kenya — “El Abanico” — Homenaje A Los Embajadores

Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning — “Talk Around Town” — Is It What You Want

Franco & Tabu Ley Rochereau — “Omona Wapi” — Omona Wapi

Bonzo Dog Band — “Humanoid Boogie” — The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

The Qualities — “Happy New Year To You!” — Sun Ra – The Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991

Pictured: The Feelies.

The ghosts of Manhattan are not the spirits of the propertied classes; these are entombed in their names, their works, their constructions. New York’s ghosts are the unresting souls of the poor, the marginal, the dispossessed, the depraved, the defective, the recalcitrant. They are the guardian spirits of the urban wilderness in which they lived and died. Unrecognized by the history that is common knowledge, they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious. The myth of the city insists on progress, bigger and better and more all the time; nostalgia of the usual sort is founded on regret for vanished coziness and civility. The city’s unconscious is the repository of all that these two outlooks omit, the repressed history of vice and crime, misery and graft, panic and despair, chaos and saturnalia. While New York has adopted as its nickname the Big Apple, that hopeful tag given it by jazz musicians when their art was remuneratively in fashion, the city might more truthfully answer to the twin appellations by which it was known to tramps: the Big Smear and the Big Onion.

— Lucy Sante, Low Life.

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THE FIRST SET

The Four Tops — “Are You Man Enough” — Fourever

Orchestre Super Jheevs des Paillotes — “Ye Nan Lon An” — African Scream Contest

The Original Surfaris — “Surfs Up” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!

Orkes Teruna Ria — “Tak Ton Tong” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69

Essential Logic — “Quality Crayon Wax OK” — Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)

The Boris Gardiner Happening — “She Dub” — Ultra Super Dub Vol. 2

Stillroven — “Little Picture Playhouse” — Cast Thy Burden Upon

Johnny Sedes And His Orchestra — “Guajira Dancers” — Mama Calunga

Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation — “L.A. 26000” — Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Stelvio Cipriani — “Fifty Women For Blindman” — Blindman OST

THE SECOND SET

Buari — “Karam Bani” — Buari

Lee & The Satellites — “Countdown” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals

Germán Neciosup y Su Orquesta — “Casamiento No” — MAG: 14 Magníficos Bailables

The Cramps — “Bop Pills” — Stay Sick!

Prince Alla [w. Phillip Fraser] — “Black Rose” — Only Love Can Conquer 1976-1979

Two Crows & The Diggers feat. Lloyd Rowe — “Poison Ivy” — West Coast Guitar Killers Vol 2 (‘52-‘69)

Judy Teng — “Looking for Love” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco

Lou’s Band — “Don’t Stop” — Taste Me

Vaudou Game — “Bella” — Noussin

THE THIRD SET

The Contours — “First I Look At the Purse” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Tito Puente — “Para Los Rumberos” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York

Claude McLin — “Jambo” — Great Googa Mooga

La Düsseldorf — “La Düsseldorf” — La Düsseldorf

Link Wray & The Wraymen — “White Lightnin’” — Big Box of Link Wray and More Kings of Distortion

Coco Lagos Y Su Orates — “Descarga Jala Jala” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1

Mose Allison — “Parchman Farm” — Walk on The Wild Side: The Jazz Side of Mod

Thongmark Leacha — “Teaching the Daughter” — Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan Vol. 2

THE FINAL SET

The Feelies — “Forces at Work” — Ork Records: New York, New York

Pamelo Mounka — “Non Monsieur” — L’incontournable

Billy Larkin & The Delegates — “Pigmy” — The Rustlers Roots of Funk

The Revolutionaries — “Seventy Nine Rock” — Linval Thompson & Friends: Rockers From Channel One

The Shandillons — “Shoop De Hoop Twine” — Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label

Bich Loan and CBC Band — “Tinh Yêu Tuyệt Vời (The Greatest Love)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Spike Jones — “Cocktails For Two” — Dinner Music …for People Who Aren’t Very Hungry